‰ NOW 20 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM JUNE 2014 QST PAGE 88‰ OF LATITUDE. THE NIGHTTIME HAWAIIAN OPENINGS WERE ALMOST ALWAYS CLOSE TO THE LONG PATH GREAT CIRCLE HEADINGS TO EUROPE. THESE HEADINGS ARE ABOUT 15 20 WEST OF SOUTH. SMALL TPL FOOTPRINTS IN EUROPE THE FOOTPRINTS OF THE MARCH TPL OPENINGS WERE SMALL IN EUROPE. THEY CENTERED AROUND SLOVENIA AND THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING COUNTRIES. ON ONE EVENING, KH7Y HEARD ONLY BULGARIA. THIS WAS A VERY SMALL FOOTPRINT FOR SUCH A LONG PATH. THE SMALL SIZE OF THE EUROPEAN FOOTPRINT MAY BE DUE TO THIS BEING THE SAME TEP FOOTPRINT FOR THE SOUTHERN AFRICA SOUTHERN EUROPE PATH. THIS ALSO SUGGESTS REGULAR TEP IS INVOLVED FOR THE LAST PART OF THE PATH. THE HAWAIIAN TPL CONTACTS ARE ALSO SENSITIVE TO THE HIGH LATITUDE POLAR K INDEX. OVER 90 OF THE HAWAII CONTACTS WERE MADE WITH A KP PLANETARY K INDEX OF 1 OR 0. ‰ END OF 20 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ